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by DCHindley
Mon Aug 03, 2015 7:14 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Eastman on martyrdoms of Peter and Paul
Replies: 2
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Re: Eastman on martyrdoms of Peter and Paul

ficino, Nice to see you back. Academia.edu has a 2013 article by David L. Eastman, Jealousy, Internal Strife, and the Deaths of Peter and Paul: A Reassessment of 1 Clement (from ZAC 2013; 18(1): 34–53) here: https://www.academia.edu/9266810/Jealousy_Internal_Strife_and_the_Deaths_of_Peter_and_Paul_A...
by DCHindley
Thu Jul 30, 2015 8:49 am
Forum: Classical Texts and History
Topic: Crucifixion of slaves by masters.
Replies: 7
Views: 16993

Re: Crucifixion of slaves by masters.

Crucifixion was called the servile supplicium (punishment for slaves) in Roman times. Crucifixion was not, however, solely the prerogative of emperors, prefects, and legates; apparently every male head of household ( pater familias ) technically possessed the power of life and death ( ius vitae nec...